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How Brussels wants to stop the climate disaster blame game (opens the original)
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The European Union’s effort to shield itself against multiplying climate disasters is running into a major problem: There’s no one at the wheel. From Belgian ministers passing the buck after a massive wildfire to Spanish authorities trading blame over deadly floods, recent disasters have exposed a vacuum of accountability across the bloc. The uncertainty over whose job it is to protect people, landscapes and assets from escalating climate impacts doesn’t just have the potential to spark bitter p
Von der Leyen offers diagnosis but no cure on EU’s ecological malaise (opens the original)
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BRUSSELS — Ursula von der Leyen doesn't mince words about what’s ailing Europe. She’s less forthcoming about the treatment. A scorching summer and the second fossil fuel crisis in four years have left no doubt about the energy and climate challenge facing Europe, giving the Commission president little choice but to go big on the two themes in her State of the Union speech. Her sweeping address to the European Parliament on Wednesday covered the horrors of this summer’s scorching heat, the declin
‘Disastrous’ summer showed EU must step up climate action, says Metsola (opens the original)
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BRUSSELS — This summer sparked a “realization” that the European Union needs to strengthen its climate-proofing efforts, including by tailoring its budget to the challenges of a warming world, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said. She also expects the issue to feature heavily in Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the Union speech on Wednesday. “There will definitely be… a reflection on climate,” Metsola said in an interview with several media outlets Tuesday. “Whe
Give us resources, not praise, say European firefighters after hellish summer (opens the original)
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BRUSSELS — Europe’s firefighters don’t want your applause. Governments have lavished emergency workers with praise for their tireless efforts to extinguish the hundreds of wildfires that consumed an area more than twice the size of Luxembourg this summer. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has vowed to “pay tribute” to these “true heroes” in her State of the Union speech on Wednesday morning. Firefighters, though, would rather countries increase funding, improve working condition
Ribera says EU data centers should build their own clean energy generators (opens the original)
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BRUSSELS — The European Union should force tech giants to invest in clean energy supply to meet the rising power needs of their data centers, the bloc’s green transition and competition chief told POLITICO. European Commission Vice President Teresa Ribera warned that the electricity-hungry infrastructure that powers artificial intelligence is increasingly straining power grids, creating fierce competition for energy and threatening to drive up bills. “It's been a shock and it is happening at a v
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